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• Scientists fine-tune extinction rate projections
  27 May 2011 in Biodiversity

  The journal Nature recently reported that modern methods of measuring animal populations are too simple and often do not take into account the complexity of what influences species numbers. Professor Stephen Hubbell, from California, and Professor Fangliang He, from China, …

• The world’s economic model is suicide, says UN Secretary General
  28 Mar 2011 in Business & Politics

  Describing the world’s economic model based on insatiable consumption of resources “a global suicide pact,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders at the World Economic Forum to “make major changes – in our lifestyles, our economic models, our social …

• Coalition of environmental, public health and civil rights organisations fights GOP attack on EPA
  11 Feb 2011 in Business & Politics

  “Race and income are the top two factors in considering where to locate pollution-causing facilities like coal-fired power plants.” Supporters of clean air and water this week pushed back against a Republican Party proposal to stop the Environmental Protection Agency …

• Alternative summit on environment and people held in Bolivia
  01 May 2010 in Business & Politics

  Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this year called for an international conference to deal with the structural causes of climate change and to propose “alternative models” for humans to live in harmony with the natural world. The First World People’s …

• Audi green police car commercial ignites controversy
  12 Feb 2010 in Cars & Transportation

  Controversy was sparked recently when Audi aired a new car commercial featuring “green police” arresting polluters for environmental infractions. The ad which ran during last Sunday’s Super Bowl, promoted Audi’s new car, the A3 TDI diesel.

• Ice, snow, so where’s the global warming?
  20 Dec 2009 in Global Warming

  Photo credit: laszlo-photo As winter weather hits us again, many people confuse the current weather (cold) with the long-term direction of the climate (warmer). Just because it is cold outside right now doesn’t mean that global warming isn’t real. Global …

• Copenhagen or bust?
  24 Nov 2009 in Copenhagen 2009

  Photo credit: JC i Núria Much sheer speculation has been written about the upcoming Copenhagen climate negotiations, and we will see much more over the next few weeks. What is this conference about, and what are the real issues at …

• Climate change: the good and the astoundingly awful bad news
  07 Oct 2009 in Global Warming

  Photo credit: azrainman When discussing climate change, the old saying needs to be amended to “What do you want first, the somewhat good news, or the astoundingly awful bad news?” The bad news is piling up fast: * The ice …

• Environmental and human rights groups condemn attacks on Van Jones, green jobs leader
  09 Sep 2009 in Business & Politics

  In the aftermath of Van Jones’ abrupt Labor Day weekend resignation as the Obama administration’s special advisor for environmental jobs, human rights and environmental organizations are expressing outrage at the barrage of attacks against the green jobs leader by Fox …

• Cuba shows that planet Earth can be saved with the help from environmentally sustainable socialism
  03 Sep 2009 in Business & Politics

  Photo credit: Deivis During a recent visit to Cuba, we stopped by an agricultural cooperative on the outskirts of Havana. Its farmers and cooperatives across the country are part of what’s widely acknowledged as the world’s largest organic farming experiment. …